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Vintage 5-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 4-14-69

This from Steve Redick:

Going through my dad’s old scrapbooks I happened on the clippings for this job. A 5-11 and 1 Special  for the grain elevator 506 W 51st Street, April of 1969. This was arguably the last wooden grain elevator left in the city. It was situated in a rail yard with no water and no real access for companies. The articles explain this as well.

This is a very special memory for me as I went to this fire with my dad. I was 9 at the time and it was the biggest fire I had ever seen. The radiant heat was extreme. Dad put me on the turntable of truck 18, a tractor-trailer FWD. I had just gotten my Kodak instamatic camera and was snapping away. Dad told me it was gonna collapse soon and when it did it was gonna get really really hot.  I stuck my head out for just a second and grabbed a quick shot.  It was my first real fire photo.

News clipping from a historic Chicago fire

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News clipping from a historic Chicago fire

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News clipping from a historic Chicago fire

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News clipping from an historic fire that destroyed a grain elevator in Chicago 4-14-69

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News clipping from an historic fire that destroyed a grain elevator in Chicago

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Photo from a 5-11 and 1 Special for the grain elevator 506 W 51st Street, April of 1969

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Historic 5-11 Alarm fire at the Ford City Shopping Center in Chicago, 4-2-68

This from Steve Redick:

April 2, 1968, just days before the riots erupted. A 5-11 and 3 or 4 specials for a fire in a massive building. The press coverage with the spectacular large format cover photo is sadly a thing of the past now. I have enclosed one of Dave Fornell’s images from that day.

News clipping from an historic fire that destroyed the Ford City shopping center

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News clipping from an historic fire that destroyed the Ford City shopping center 4-2-68

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News clipping from an historic fire that destroyed the Ford City shopping center 4-2-68

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News clipping from an historic fire that destroyed the Ford City shopping center 4-2-68

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News clipping from an historic fire that destroyed the Ford City shopping center 4-2-68

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News clipping from an historic fire that destroyed mcCormick Place in Chicago on February 13, 1971

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News clipping from an historic fire that destroyed the Ford City shopping center 4-2-68

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historic Chicago fire apparatus battle huge fire

Dave Fornell photo

 

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Vintage Chicago fire scene: 3-11 alarm in 1970

More newspaper articles from Steve Redick of a fire in December of 1970, a 3-11 alarm at 316 N Michigan … lower level

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historic Chicago newspaper article

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historic Chicago newspaper article

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historic Chicago newspaper article

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historic Chicago newspaper article

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historic Chicago newspaper article

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historic Chicago newspaper article

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historic Chicago newspaper article

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Historic 5-11 alarm fire in Chicago, 2-9-65

More historic clippings from the Warren Redick collection: 5-11 alarm at Gotham Industries, 540 Orleans, February 9, 1965 

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historic Chicago newspaper article

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historic Chicago newspaper article

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historic Chicago newspaper article

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historic Chicago newspaper article

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historic Chicago newspaper article

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historic Chicago newspaper article

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Vintage Chicago warehouse fire in 1965

This from Steve Redick:

One of the things I inherited from my dad was his massive scrapbook of fire clippings which he had worked in from the 1940s onward. It is an amazing collection, but unfortunately a good portion has been damaged in storage.  This stuff needs to be shared, so that is my intention. These first pages are from a tremendous extra alarm at the Steinburg Baum warehouse, 1705 N Throop Street, September 30, 1965. They mention several fireboats used but there are no photos in the articles.

Steve

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An extra alarm fire in Chicago at the Steinburg Baum warehouse, 1705 N Throop Street, September 30, 1965. Warren Redick collection

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historic Chicago newspaper article

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Vintage Chicago fire scenes from 1966

This from Steve Redick:

Scanned in a couple of more incidents …

January 11, 1966 4-11 alarm 28 E Jackson

January 10, 1966 4-11 106th & Calumet River  Grain Elevator

what a coupla days!!!

Steve
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January 11, 1966 4-11 alarm 28 E Jackson. Warren Redick collection

historic Chicago newspaper article

January 11, 1966 4-11 alarm 28 E Jackson. Warren Redick collection

historic Chicago newspaper article

January 11, 1966 4-11 alarm 28 E Jackson. Warren Redick collection

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January 10, 1966 a 4-11 Alarm fire in Chicago at 106th & Calumet River in a Grain Elevator. Warren Redick collection

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January 10, 1966 a 4-11 Alarm fire in Chicago at 106th & Calumet River in a Grain Elevator. Warren Redick collection

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Vintage Chicago 5-11 alarm fire scene, 1-28-65

This from Steve Redick:
5-11 2209 Lumber  1-28-65.

Interesting article about some suburban fires as well

historic news story of huge fire in Chicago

From the collection of Warren Redick.

historic news story of huge fire in Chicago

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historic news story of huge fire in Chicago

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Chicago 5-11 at 1520 S Indiana in 1974 (more)

This follow up from Steve Redick relates to a rent post Chicago 5-11 at 1520 S Indiana in 1974:

I sent this out a while back and just got some additional info to share. Old time fan Chuck Bleck was working in the insurance industry at the time and prepared an extensive diagram of the fire and was kind enough to share it. Chuck also sent a copy of the report in Turnout magazine from the fire as well as some other good old CFD info.
CFD Big John turret wagon

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information from historic 5-11 Alarm fire in Chicago

information from historic 5-11 Alarm fire in Chicago 

information from historic 5-11 Alarm fire in Chicago

map by Chuck Bleck

** a note to our younger readers who might be wondering about the odd looking type of the two summaries above … they were created with a typewriter

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Vintage Chicago fire scene …

This from Steve Redick:

I just returned from Arkansas … I brought back the rest of my father’s fire collection and was surprised to find this. A 5-11 and 4 Specials at 32nd Place & Bensen. I remember dad took this in while I was at school, and I hadn’t seen this photo for many years. I believe the snorkel setting up may have been SS-1. Most of the shots of this fire I have seen are black & white.

classic Chicago fire scene

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Chicago Fire Department History

This from Steve Redick:

Some great old stuff from dad’s collection.
A Mack bulldog pressure wagon at a 5-11 500 S Peoria  1/21/49
Chicago FD Mack Bulldog pressure wagon at massive fire in 1049

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5-11 62 & Halsted 12-30-52

classic 1952 fire in Chicago

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Engine 46 – 1919 Ahrens Fox

Chicago Engine 46 - 1919 Ahrens Fox.

Chicago Engine 46 – 1919 Ahrens Fox. Warren Redick collection

2 – 1938 Pirsch Sedan pumpers

2 Chicago 1938 Pirsch Sedan pumpers

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1954 Mack delivery photo

1954 Mack delivery photo in Chicago

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Eng 45 1916 Ahrens Fox

Chicago Eng 45 1916 Ahrens Fox

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These are just really some great shots. Enjoy

Steve

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